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“Throwing Ubiks” by Gerardo Acosta

The fanzine I wrote has the title Ubikando. It has no literal translation into Spanish or into English, I guess.

However, in Spanish it will sound like “throwing ubiks” which is the meaning I wanted to express.

The fanzine was always distributed digitally. I wrote the 3rd issue in Word. At the beginning it wasdistributed only on the Spanish PKD web list called “Biblioteca_dick” (“Dick’s library”). At some point I got

mad with some people from that web list so I decided to stop the publication of this fanzine, at least to publish

it on that web list. The way you can get the 3 issues is by following these next instructions:

a) go to http://www.matem.unam.mx/personal/index-investigadores.html

 b) click on “Acosta, Gerardo”

c) a new window will appear, then click on “Publicaciones” and that’s it.

The content of the fanzine was mainly taken from the fanzine  PKDS Newsletter . Paul Williams allowed me

to translate whatever I liked from that fanzine only if I publish the Spanish translations as a fanzine (as it wasdone).

This is the description of each issue of the fanzine Ubikando is the following:

Ubikando 1, August 2003 (86 pages)

a) “Presentation”. Here I introduce the fanzine and the main purpose of it (publish material not previously

 presented in Spanish); b) “A history of the fanzines dedicated to Philip K. Dick·, by ubikg

c) “Introducing the Philip K. Dick Society”, by Paul Williams (taken from PKDS Newsletter Num. 1);

d) “PKDS Newsletter, vol. 1” by ubikg (A description of the content of the very first issue of the PKDS  Newsletter . I translated the Jonh Boostra interview);

e) “Self-portrait” , by Philip K. Dick (from the PKDS Newsletter Num. 2);

f) “La voz de Dick” (“Dick’s voice”), by Elvio E. Gandolfo (This is an essay that was originally writtenin Spanish in 1979. For me, Elvio is the oldest and the biggest Argentinean PKD fan, and this essay is

one of his first written originally in Spanish);

g) “Old interesting news”, by ubikg (Here I translated parts of the “news section” that appeared in the

 PKDS Newsletter Num. 1);h) World of Chance, by ubikg. (It starts with an small essay about the differences between World of 

Chance and Solar Lottery, and then the first 2 chapters of World of Chance)

Ubikando 2, December 2003 (47 pages)

Dedicated to “Beyond lies the wub”

a) “The magazine and the story of “Beyond lies the wub””, by ubikg. It is about the genesis of “Beyond

lies the wub”, about the different translations into English and Spanish of this story (and even French);

 b) “The wub lives”, by Philip K. Dick (From PKDS Newsletter Num. 24);c) “Different opinions”. Here I translated different opinions about “Beyond lies the wub”;

d) “Something rich and strange”, by Frank C. Bertrand (From For Dickheads Only Num. 5)

e) “Here lies the wub”, by Dave Hyde (From For Dickheads Only Num. 5);

f) Fragments of “Not by its cover”g) “An answer”, Benie Kling (From For Dickheads Only Num. 5);

h) “John Campbell Jr. and Philip K. Dick”, by Scott Pohlentz (I forgot where this was taken from, perhaps

from For Dickheads Only)

Ubikando 3, March 2004 (159 pages)

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a) “Editorial”, the presentation of the contents of this big volume;

 b) “Philip K. Dick: 1918-1982”. This is an essay that was originally published in 1982, I think that the1918 should be 1928 and I don’t remember if it was my mistake of if it appears originally as 1918

instead of 1928.

c) “Some random memories about Philip K. Dick”, by Tim Powers. Taken from PKDS Newsletter Num.2);

d) “The death of Philip K. Dick”, by Tim Powers. Taken from PKDS Newsletter Num. 3;

e) “Some random notes about VALIS and the mystic experiences of Philip K. Dick”, by Tim Powers.Taken from PKDS Newsletter Num. 4.f) “Letters and Questions”. In contains the letter by Tessa Dick published in the PKDS Newsletter Num.

2.

g) “Patrice Duvic interviews Philip K. Dick”. This is not only the interview by Patrice Duvic, but also arework of the very first essay of Elvio E. Gandolfo. It was originally published in 1976;

h) “Philip K. Dick or the quest to reality”, by Emilio Serra. This is the strangest essay about the work of 

PKD that I have ever read. It was originally published in 1980;i) “Philip K. Dick: the other realities”, by Juan Carlos Planells. This essay, originally published in 1982,

is a long description of the work by PKD. Juan Carlos is for me what Elvio is, I mean, the oldest and

 biggest PKD fan from Spain; j) “Dickosis”, by Raul Alzogaray. I think that this essay, together with the ones by Elvio and Juan Carlos,

should be translated into English. It was originally presented in 1984;

k) “Where the wub lies?” by ubikg. My first PKD story.

l) “Mystery around the death of Philip K. Dick” (From Simulacrum Meltdown Num. 1 and the  PKDS  Newsletter )

A list of PKD zines

“PKDS Newsletter” (USA) (30 issues, Aug 1983 – Dec 1992). Paul Williams.

“Dicksieland” (USA) (1 issue, 1987). Arthur Hlavaty.

“For Dickheads Only” [FDO”] (USA) (6 issues, 1992 – summer 1996). David Hyde.

“Radio Free PKD” (USA) (7 issues, Feb 1993 - Aug 1998). Greg Lee.

“Beyond Lies the Web” (UK) (1 issue, circa 1996-1997).

[“The God in the Trash”] (Russia) (4 issues, 1999 – circa 2001). Nadia Markalova. Russian language.

Available at http://www.sf.perm.ru/god.shtml

“Simulacrum Meltdown” (USA) (3 issues, 1999 - Oct 2001). Patrick Clark. Available at

http://home.arcor.de/pkdotaku/pkdfra.htm

“E-Dika” (USA) (1 issue, Jan. 2003) David Hyde. Online only; aka FDO #7 Available at

http://www.philipkdickfans.com/pkdweb/FDO7.htm

“PKD Otaku” (USA) (19 issues so far, Jan 2002 - to current). Patrick Clark & Marc Oberst. Available at

http://home.arcor.de/pkdotaku/pkdfra.htm

“Rouzleweave” (Japan) (4 issues, Mar 2002 – Apr 2003). Perry Kinmann.

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“Ubikando” (Mexico) (3 issues Aug. 2003 – Mar. 2004) Spanish language. Available at

http://www.matem.unam.mx/personal/index-investigadores.html click on “Acosta, Gerardo” then“Publicaciones.”

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Special PKD issues: magazines with substantial PKD-related material

“Science Fiction Studies” no. 5, March 1975 (USA) text available athttp://www.depauw.edu/sfs/covers/cov5.htm“Foundation” no. 26, October 1982. (UK) Contents: “Philip K. Dick: A Cowardly Memoir” by Peter Nicholls;

“Philip K. Dick: A Whole New Can of Worms” by Brian Aldiss; “Philip K. Dick and the Movies” by Philip

Strick; “Understanding the Grasshopper; Leitmotifs and the Moral Dilemma in the Novels of Philip K. Dick” by David Wingrove; “Philip K. Dick and the Metaphysics of American Politics” by Brian Burden

“Science Fiction Eye” vol. 1 no. 2, August 1987 (USA) Contents: “Introduction to Fawn, Look Back” by PaulWilliams; “Fawn Look Back” by Philip K Dick; “Richard Lupoff Interviews PKD”; “Only Apparently…” by

Ted White

“Science Fiction Studies” no. 45, July 1988 (USA) text available at

http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/covers/cov45.htm

“Denebola” no. 9, January 1990 (Germany)

“New York Review of Science Fiction” no. 70 June 1994 (USA) Contents available at:

http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/Issue_70.html 

“Great Cosmic Donut of Life” no. 30, June 2001 (Australia) text available at

http://www.efanzines.com/SFC/ScratchPad/scrat044.pdf 

“Gigamesh” no. 39, April 2005 (Spain) table of contents available at

http://www.gigamesh.com/gigamesh39.html

“Libro Andromeda” [unnumbered] 2005 (Spain) table of contents available at

http://lafundacion.webcindario.com/not020.htm

Also: “Locus” no. 256, May 1982 (USA) – not a special issue but this one has numerous comments and

memoirs from within the SF community on the death of PKD

 Note from Gerardo Acosta: I don't know if you are aware of the following titles in Spanish:

 

1) ¿Cuanto te asusta el caos?, by Aaron Barlow. Grupo Editorial Ajec. Grupo Albemuth (an infamoustranslation of the nice work of Aaron)

2) Idios Kosmos: Claves para Philip K. Dick, by Pablo Capanna, Grupo Editorial Ajec, 2005. This is a new

version of an old book with the same title. It is the only book about the life and work of PKD published

originally in Spanish.3) Yo Estoy Vivo y Vosotros Estais Muertos, by Emanuelle Carrere, editorial Minotauro. The translation into

Spanish of the bio-novel of Carrere.

 If you go to www.tercerafundacion.net and then where it says "Buscador" (scroll down and then to the left) you

type "Philip K. Dick" and in "Buscar Como" you click on "Autor" then you will get the full list of titles

 published in Spanish concerning PKD (both books and magazines, and even zines)